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| Ebullient (ih BUL yunt) adj |
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| A boiling liquid can be called ebullient; describes excited people. |
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| Eccentric (ek SEN trik) adj |
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| Irregular; not conventional |
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| Eclectic (ih KLEK tik) adj |
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| To enlighten; to instruct |
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| Effusion (ih FYOO zhun) n |
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| Egalitarian (ih gal uh TAYR ee un) adj |
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| Believing in the social and economic quality of all people. |
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| Egocentric (ee goh SEN trik) adj |
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| Selfish, believing one is the center. |
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| Egregious (ih GREE jus) adj |
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| To bring out; to call forth |
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| Elliptical (ih LIP ti kul) adj |
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| Oval; missing a word or words |
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| Hard to pin down; evasive |
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| To leave a country permanently |
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| Empirical (em PIR uh kul) |
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| Relying on experience or observation |
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| To strive to equal or excel. |
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| To make gradual or stealthy inroads to. |
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| To reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually. |
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| Enfranchise (en FRAN chyze) v |
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| To grant the privileges of citizenship. |
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| Engender (en FRAN chyze) v |
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| To bring into existence; to create. |
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| Enormity (i NOR muh tee) n |
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| Extreme evil; a hideous offense |
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| Ephemeral (i FEM ur al) adj |
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| Lasting a very short time. |
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| A brief and usually witty or satirical saying. |
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| A brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole. |
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| Equanimity (ek wuh NIM uh tee) n |
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| Equitable (EK wuh tuh bul) adj |
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| Equivocal (ih KWIV uh kul) adj |
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| Ambiguous; intentionally confusing |
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| Erudite (ER yoo dyte) adj |
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| scholarly; deeply learned |
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| Esoteric (es uh TER ik) adj |
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| Hard to understand; peculiar |
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| Ethereal (ih THIR ee ul) adj |
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| Heavenly; as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether. |
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| Euphemism (YOO fuh miz um) n |
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| A pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of and unpleasant or offensive one. |
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| Evanescent (ev uh NES unt) adj |
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| Exacerbate (ig ZAS ur bayt) v |
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| Exacting (ig ZAK ting) adj |
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| Extremely demanding; difficult |
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| To raise high; to glorify |
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| Exasperate (ig ZAS puh rayt) v |
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| To annoy thoroughly; to make very angry |
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| Exemplify (ig ZEM pluh fye) v |
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| Exhaustive (ig ZAWS tiv) adj |
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| Thorough; rigorous; complete |
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| To urge strongly; to give a serious warning to. |
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| Exigency (EK si jen see) n |
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| Existential (eg zis TEN shul) adj |
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| Having to do with existence |
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| Exonerate (ig ZAHN uh rayt) v |
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| Expatriate (eks PAY tree aut) v |
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| To throw (someone) out of his/her native land. |
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| Expedient (ik SPEE dee unt) sdj |
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| Providing an immediate advantage |
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| To speed up or ease the progress of. |
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| Explicit (ik SPLIS it) adj |
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| Clearly and directly expressed |
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| To praise highly; to laud |
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| Extraneous (ik STRAY nee us) adj |
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| Extrapolate (ik STRAP uh layt) v |
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| To project or deduce from something known; to infer. |
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| Extricate (EK struh kayt) v |
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| Extrovert (EKS truh vurt) n |
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| Extraneous (ik STRAY nee us) adj |
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| Unnecessary; irrelevant; extra |
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| Extrapolate (ik STRAP uh layt) v |
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| To project or deduce from something known. |
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| Extricate (EK struh kayt) v |
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| Extrovert (EKS truh vurt) n |
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